*ewer*

n. One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A brewhouse; the building and apparatus where brewing is carried on. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who chews. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Enter- + mew to molt. ] (Zoöl.) A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who eschews. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. ewer, euwier, prop. a water carrier, F. évier a washing place, sink, aiguière ewer, L. aquarius, adj., water carrying, n., a water carrier, fr. aqua water; akin to Goth. ahwa water, river, OHG. aha, G. au, aue, meadow. √219. Cf. Aquarium, Aquatic, Island. ] A kind of wide-mouthed pitcher or jug; esp., one used to hold water for the toilet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Basins and ewers to lave her dainty hands. Shak.

{ n. [ From Ewer. ] An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept. [ Enq. ] Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hews. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who interviews; especially, one who obtains an interview with another for the purpose of eliciting his opinions or obtaining information for publication. [ 1913 Webster ]

It would have made him the prince of interviewers in these days. Leslie Stephen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, renews. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reviews or reexamines; an inspector; one who examines publications critically, and publishes his opinion upon their merits; a professional critic of books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who roughhews. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, screws. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. sewiere, seuwiere, ultimately fr. L. ex out + a derivative of aqua water; cf. OF. essevour a drain, essever, esseuwer, essiaver, to cause to flow, to drain, to flow, LL. exaquatorium a channel through which water runs off. Cf. Ewer, Aquarium. ] A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who sews, or stitches. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana) [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OE. assewer, and asseour, OF. asseour, F. asseoir to seat, to set, L. assidere to sit by; ad + sedere to sit (cf. Sit); or cf. OE. sew pottage, sauce, boiled meat, AS. seáw juice, Skr. su to press out. ] Formerly, an upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then the sewer
Poured water from a great and golden ewer,
That from their hands to a silver caldron ran. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The construction of a sewer or sewers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The material collected in, and discharged by, sewers. [ In this sense sewage is preferable and common. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who shews. See Shower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Probably of Scand, origin; cf. Sw. & Dan. skifer a slate. Cf. Shuver a fragment. ] A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

Meat well stuck with skewers to make it look round. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Skewered p. pr. & vb. n. Skewering. ] To fasten with skewers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who spews. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Underlooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who views or examines. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A person appointed to inspect highways, fences, or the like, and to report upon the same. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The superintendent of a coal mine. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. W. chwiwell a widgeon, chwiws widgeons, waterfowls; or cf. E. whew, v. i. ] (Zool.) The European widgeon. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]